1 Name of Instrument This Instrument is the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules Amendment Instrument 2013 (No. 1). 2 Commencement This Instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

29.1 These Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules (Rules) are made under section 229 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act) for paragraph 107(1)(b) of that Act.

29.2 For paragraph 107(1)(b) of the AML/CTF Act the following records are declared to be exempt:

(1) customer-specific documents (such as account statements), correspondence and publicly-available statements, forms and documents which a reporting entity routinely provides to its customers, such as disclosure statements, financial or investment analysis or summary reports;

(2) product or service information, which replicate information retained as a record by the reporting entity;

(3) general correspondence with customers, such as, but not limited to, promotional materials and general correspondence relating to fees, service charges, interest rate changes, terms and conditions, technology changes and legislative changes which are not specific to a particular customer;

(4) overdrawn notices and accompanying correspondence;

(5) information provided to a customer of a reporting entity on the methods by which a designated service is to be delivered;

(6) correspondence or similar documents provided by a reporting entity to a customer which relate to, or otherwise document, product or service enquiries or comments from customers, such as customer experience records or requests for information on a product;

(7) records of interviews or conversations with customers, such as recordings of phone conversations where instructions are received from the customer unless the information contained in such interviews or conversations relates to a reporting obligation under the AML/CTF Act;

(8) a record of information created by the use of an optical surveillance device;

(9) an electronic file created solely for the purpose of submitting electronic reports to AUSTRAC in a manner and form approved by the AUSTRAC CEO for the purposes of paragraph 244(2)(b) of the AML/CTF Act.

29.3 In this Chapter:

(1) ‘optical surveillance device’ has the same meaning as in the Surveillance Devices Act 2004.

Reporting entities should note that exemptions declared by this Chapter only affect record-keeping obligations derived from the AML/CTF Act and do not affect reporting entities’ record-keeping obligations under any other legislation.

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

Item 1 At the end of each Chapter insert Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

2. Chapters 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 31, 33, 35, 45, 46, 48, 49

Item 2 At the end of each Chapter

Omit

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.privacy.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

Substitute Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

3. Chapters 27, 39, 51, 56, 57, 63, 68

Item 3 At the end of each Chapter

Omit

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

Substitute Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.privacy.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

Substitute Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

5. Chapter 1

Item 5 After subparagraph 1.1.1

Omit Note reporting entities should note that the activities they carry out in order to comply with the AML/CTF Rules are also subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988, even if the reporting entity is generally exempt from that Act. Item 6 At the end of Chapter add

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

6. Chapter 2

Item 7 After subparagraph 2.1.3(13) omit

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.privacy.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

Item 8 After Form 3

Omit

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.privacy.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

Substitute

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

7. Chapter 4

Item 9 After subparagraph 4.2.5 omit

Note reporting entities should consider their obligations under other legislation, including the Privacy Act 1988 when deciding what information is required to be collected to fulfil their obligations under these Rules.

Item 10 At the end of the Chapter insert

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

8. Chapter 8

Item 11 After subparagraph 8.3.4 omit

Note Reporting entities should note the Privacy Commissioner’s information sheet in relation to the handling of employee information.

Item 12 At the end of the Chapter insert

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

9. Chapters 12, 13

Item 13 At the end of each Chapter

Omit

Note reporting entities should note that the activities they carry out in order to comply with these Rules are also subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988, even if the reporting entity is generally exempt from that Act.

Substitute

Reporting entities should note that in relation to activities they undertake to comply with the AML/CTF Act, they will have obligations under the Privacy Act 1988, including the requirement to comply with the National Privacy Principles, even if they would otherwise be exempt from the Privacy Act. For further information about these obligations, please go to http://www.oaic.gov.au or call 1300 363 992.

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